Explores what nineteenth-century alphabet books can tell us about literacy and constructions of childhood in Britain throughout this period. The volume shows how artists and writers including William Thackeray, Edward…

Probes the relationship between the immigration and health care systems in the United States.

For the roughly ten million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, federal health care coverage…

A hidden lab. A grisly discovery. An eerie swamp.
Can Sadie and Newt uncover the secret of the swamp before it's too late?

There is a day you never forget, the day the whole world changes. When you close your eyes, light becomes dark, night never ends, beasts walk freely down the street…

A vivid memoir-in-prose-poems about life with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) from Cynthia Marie Hoffman, author of Call Me When You Want to Talk about the Tombstones, Paper Doll Fetus, and Sightseer.

I was a successful businessman who was always looking for a new adventure to invest in to make my legacy greater. I should have known my next adventure was going…

Advance Praise for Weaving Prayer

"Few discussions of the Jewish prayer book carefully separate their historical, literary, and inspirational commentaries. Hoffman's offering, drawn from years of teaching liturgy in rabbinic…

When England was thrown into the clutches of war in 1939, Leila was only five years old. For a carefree, happy child, her world was suddenly turned upside down.